Guice told the SiriusXM NFL show Late Hits that they asked him those questions just to see his reaction.

While on Highly Questionable, Gutierrez, who came out publicly in 2015, explained why a team asking if a prospect is gay with a negative connotation is so harmful.

"It's people like this who are pressing the question or pressing the point of 'Gay is soft' or 'Gay is not welcome' and 'Gay is not strong-minded,' and those are keeping people in the closet for longer," Gutierrez said. "It kept me in the closet until I was 31 while I was pursuing my career in sports. It kept people like Ryan O'Callaghan, former NFL lineman, in the closet and thinking about suicide before he thought about coming out.

"So think about those things when you ask these questions and you're just trying to make your football team better because you're making life worse for a whole heck of a lot of people, and it's a whole heck of a lot of people who do not have anybody in your league to relate to because they're too afraid to come out, partially because of people like you."

"This is pretty simple here when you look at it. This is a team that's trying to justify this question by asking, 'Hey, we want to see how they respond to things.' However, when you lump it in with questions like, 'Does your mother sell herself?' Then, it obviously comes with a negative connotation that being gay or just being called gay is a negative.

"So, should this person be fined? Sure. But like Dan says, this person needs to be placed in front of a camera and asked the question, 'Why do you think it's a negative to be gay?' Because it's people like this who are keeping 12 and 15 and 17-year-old kids, mostly boys who are interested in sports, in the closet for longer.

"It's people like this who are pressing the question or pressing the point of 'Gay is soft' or 'Gay is not welcome' and 'Gay is not strong-minded,' and those are keeping people in the closet for longer. There are kids out there having to make this decision between choosing a career in sports or being their true selves. Imagine how difficult that decision is. Imagine how unfair it is for everybody.

"It kept me in the closet until I was 31 while I was pursuing my career in sports. It kept people like Ryan O'Callaghan, former NFL lineman, in the closet and thinking about suicide before he thought about coming out. So think about those things when you ask these questions and you're just trying to make your football team better because you're making life worse for a whole heck of a lot of people, and it's a whole heck of a lot of people who do not have anybody in your league to relate to because they're too afraid to come out, partially because of people like you."

"A question such as that is completely inappropriate and wholly contrary to league workplace policies," McCarthy said. "The NFL and its clubs are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees in a manner that is consistent with our commitment to diversity and inclusion, state and federal laws and the CBA.

"The league annually reminds clubs of these workplace policies that prohibit personnel from seeking information concerning a player's sexual orientation."